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pseudo-bulb, branched, longer than the leaves (often measuring as much as 80 in.) with 
several broad-based, acuminate sheaths near the base and others scattered in the upper 
part. Flowers distant, '75 in. across; Jforal bract lanceolate, shorter than the stalked 
ovary. Sepals and petals sub-equal, oblanceolate, acute, spreading;. the petals a little 
broader than the sepals, the venation in all netted. Lip equal in length to the sepals 
and petals but broader, oblong-oblanceolate in general outline; the side lobes narrow, 
with blunt apices, pointing forwards; apical lobe sub-rotund, undulate, but not lobed; the 
upper surface with five ridges extending from base to apex, the edges entire between the 
side lobes but fimbriate on the apical lobe. Spur short, wide, bulbous.. Column straight, 
without wings or foot. Anther with two bosses in front,  Pollinia sub-quadrate, the 
caudicle short and the gland small. Lindl. in Journ. Linn. Soc. III, 23; Hook. fil. Fi. 
Br. Ind. VI, 9. Е. inconspicua, Griff, Notul, 349; Ic. Plant. Asiat., t. 326; Lindl. in 
Journ. Linn. Soc. IIL, 24. | 
Sikkim, at the foot of the range; flowering in March, common; Pantling, No. 438. 
Assam, Plains of Bengal, Travancore, Ceylon; also in Tenasserim, the Nicobar Islands, 
Malacca and Singapore. | 
The sepals and petals are green with reddish nerves, the lip white with red on the 
ridges; they are not plicate. The short spur is slightly dilated at the apex. The leaves 
of the previous year are present in а withered condition at the time of flowering. 
Pirate 238,—Eulophia graminea, Lindl. A plant; of natural size. Fig. 1 a flower, 9 floral breot, 
ovary, column and lip, seen from the side, З lip, 4 apex of ovary, column with the anther in situ, and 
the spur, 5 anther, 6 pollinia; ай enlarged. 
9. Ешоғша Mamm, Hook. fil. Ic. Plantar., t 2115; Fl. Br. 
Ind. VI, 4. . 
Height of entire plant 4 to 7 feet, the leaves and inflorescence rising from an oblong 
flattened tuber about 3 or 4 in. long. Pseudo-stem formed by the sheaths enclosing 
the bases of the leaves and scape, 2 to 3 feet long and 1 in. thick at the base, and with 
long acuminate sheaths. Leaves about three, linear, acuminate, much narrowed at the 
base, 1 to 3:5 feet long and 1 to 2 in. broad. Scape 3 to 5 feet long, bearing four or 
five tightly-clasping sheaths each about 1 foot long. Raceme 12 in. long, lax. Flowers 
about 1 in. across, deflexed, yellow; floral bract lanceolate, about half as loug as the 
slender stalked ovary. . Sepals equal, oblanceolate, acute; the lateral pair inserted on 
the column and quite free from the sac of the lip. Petals broadly obovate, blunt. Lip 
conically saccate at the base, as long .as the sepals, oblong, 3-lobed; the side lobes 
large, erect, rounded; the apical lobe orbicular, crenate-undulate; the disc between the 
side lobes with seven to nine more or less thickened nerves which unite to form a large 
carunculate callus on the apical lobe. Column rather broad, narrowly winged, the foot 
\ very short. Anther beaked at the base below its apex and with a single projecting 
process on its . summit, Pollinia 2, globular, attached by a cylindric caudicle to a 
triangular gland. 
Sikkim, in tropical valleys; in flower during July and August; Pantling, No. 457. 
Upper Assam; G. Mann. : обл 
The prevailing colour of the parts of the flower is yellow, but the petals are streaked 
with dull brown on the inner surface, This is the tallest growing Lulophia in Sikkim, 
Ann, Roy. Bor. Garn., Сатсотта, Vor. VIII. 
